Monthly Archives: January 2007

“An operating system has never had parental control features before” – Bill Gates

Posted on 31/1/2007 by Tom Raftery

“An operating system has never had parental control features before” Bill Gates came out with this incredible statement two and a half minutes into the following interview on NBC Really Bill? So how do you explain this screenshot of the … Continue reading →

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Annoying Snaps

Posted on 31/1/2007 by Tom Raftery

I have mentioned previously, in response to a question, that I don’t like the Snap Preview plugin for blogs. It seems that I am not alone in this. Nick Wilson has written a piece on his blog about why he … Continue reading →

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Slow news day at Valleywag

Posted on 31/1/2007 by Tom Raftery

It really must have been a slow day at Valleywag yesterday for them to put up a clip of Bill Gates leaving the stage after his interview with Jon Stewart’s Today Show. The title of the Valleywag post was “Bill … Continue reading →

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Microformats and spam

Posted on 31/1/2007 by Tom Raftery

Paul Walsh poses an interesting question on the Segala blog when he asks are Microformats perfect tools for spammers? Machine readable contact details using the hCard format, for example, potentially make it very easy for spammers to automate harvesting of … Continue reading →

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etenders site hacked/phished?

Posted on 30/1/2007 by Tom Raftery

I received a troubling email this morning from a friend of mine. He ran into a problem when he tried to log in to etenders this morning (etenders is an Irish government website where you can find tender notices on … Continue reading →

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Spam Assassin on Direct Admin problem

Posted on 28/1/2007 by Tom Raftery

As I mentioned previously, I have rolled out a new server for my blog (and a couple of sites I host) in the last few days. I am now being hammered by spam! Spam Assassin is installed on the server. … Continue reading →

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